Chamber of Secrets
This former Hollywood actor started the “Candy Desk” tradition in 1965.
Who is Senator George Murphy (CA)?
John Tyler became President after this person died 32 days into their term.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
In Star Wars, she becomes a Senator at just 14.
Who is Padme?
He lost 3 fingers in a meat grinder accident.
Who is Jon Tester?
The first African American to serve a full Senate term.
Who is Blanche K. Bruce?
This Founding Father argued that Senators should have lifelong terms.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The wife of this famed Senator testified before the Senate on women’s suffrage in 1912.
Who is Robert La Follette?
Wife was Belle Case La Follette.
The Senate uses 3 different gavels. One is made of ivory, one is made of marble, and one was broken by this person in 1954.
Who is Richard Nixon?
Dog poop, witches, toenail fungus, potholes, hemorrhoids, the IRS, and cockroaches have beat the U.S Senate in this metric.
What is an Approval Rating?
In 1789, the first Senate met in this city.
What is New York City?
She was bitten by Major, a German Shepard belonging to FDR.
Who is Hattie Caraway?
Blue 42, Blue 42. He was appointed to replace RFK as New York senator after his assassination in 1968.
Who is Charles Goodell?
Aaron Burr pushed the Senate to eliminate this in 1806, leading to the creation of the filibuster.
What is the Previous Question Motion?
This website once banned the Congressional IP Address due to constant staff editing.
What is Wikipedia?
He was the First de facto Senate Minority Leader.
Who is Oscar Underwood?
After the Civil War, he worked as an insurance agent, and published "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" in 1881.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Aside from being a registered Republican, Independent, Democrat and Libertarian throughout his political career, he was a "Horse Podiatrist" before being elected to the Senate in R.I.
Who is Lincoln Chaffee?
He wrote the Senate's "Manual of Procedure" after being frustrated with Congressional dysfunction.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
In 1859, this man became the only sitting U.S Senator to die in a duel.
Who is David C. Broderick?
This sitting U.S. Senator became the first to be elected directly to the presidency, winning the 1920 election.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
He united non-smoker Senators to add a smoking ban to the Rules of the Senate after he suffered a stroke.
Who is Benjamin Tillman (Yes, that one).
This U.S. Senator, dying of a brain tumor, was carried into the chamber on a stretcher to vote for the Civil Rights Act.
Who is Clair Engle?
This Senator proposed that the U.S. use atomic weapons along the 38th parallel to create a radioactive barrier to stop North Korean troop movements.
Who is Lloyd Bentsen?
She publicly claimed that she raised $17,000 for her first Senate campaign from her ex-boyfriends in 2007.
Who is Amy Klobuchar?
He was the first U.S Senator to appear on, and host SNL in 2002.
Who is John McCain?